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Countdown to Apophis: ESA’s Ramses Mission Targets Asteroid’s Historic Earth Flyby
The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially launched its effort to rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis ahead of the space ...
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Asteroid Apophis to soar close: Uncovering cosmic threats
Although comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is still visible in our sky, astronomers are already preparing for another ...
SpaceNews1d
ESA awards contract to begin work on Ramses asteroid mission
The European Space Agency signed a contract with OHB to begin work on an asteroid mission, but a decision on full funding for the mission is still more than a year away.
‘City-killer’ asteroid Apophis could hit Earth in 2029, European Space Agency prepares defense mission
Apophis is a peanut-shaped space rock spanning 1,230-foot (375 meters) across comparable to that of the Eiffel Tower. At this ...
SpaceNews11d
Falcon 9 launches ESA’s Hera asteroid mission
A Falcon 9 successfully launched a European asteroid mission Oct. 7 in a partial return to flight for the rocket.
European Space Agency sends rocket into space to see if asteroid crash can avert disaster in future
A spacecraft was deliberately crashed into an asteroid to see if we could change the course of passing rocks that pose a ...
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ESA’s Hera mission launched to asteroid binary as...
Hera mission, which is traveling to asteroid Didymos and its moon Dimorphos as a follow-up to NASA’s Double Asteroid ...
The Irish News12d
Rocket blasts off into space to investigate asteroid crash site
An initial deep space manoeuvre in November will be followed by a Mars flyby that will offer a rare ... which will meet up with the asteroid 99942 Apophis and accompany it through its safe but ...